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Foto: Axel Killian

Figure | Nggwalndu

About the object

This figure of the Abelam people from New Guinea embodies a powerful clan spirit. It is kept in the men's house and shown to the boys during the initiation period. In the seclusion of the men's house, the youths undergo a long procedure of spiritual instruction and physical tests.

Object information

Object Type
Figure
Indigenous Name
Nggwalndu
Place
Neuguinea, Papua-Neuguinea, Ozeanien, Maprik, Melanesien (Fundort/Herkunft)
Ethnicity
Abelam
Dimensions
Width 200.0 mm, Height 1200.0 mm, Depth 130.0 mm
Keywords
Kultur, Ozeanien, Figur, Ethnologie
Inventory Number
II/2364
Museum
Ethnologische Sammlung des Museum Natur und Mensch
Location
Nicht ausgestellt
Access
Kauf, 1997
Collector
Privatbesitz
Permalink
https://onlinesammlung.freiburg.de/en/object/1657A3EF4E6445F49BCAAC876A6A4F45

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